The Early Struggles of Qatar

It is known that during the mid 1800's Qatar was dominated by the Al Khalifa Family of Bahrain. That dynasty is a family of Sunni's that occupied Kuwait (which was near Qatar) and held that rule over Qatar until their fall to the Ottoman Empire later in the century. In 1872 Qatar signed allowing the Turks to station in Doha (city in Qatar). Qatar still managed to stand alone from the British as well as the Turks, but still were some what under rule of the Ottoman Empire. Eventually however in 1916 British took over power of Qatar. The boundaries itself have not changed so much however with the signing of the treaty with Turkey, it allowed the Turks to come and go as they please in Qatar. Struggles for people were high in numbers, with having little to no power of their own country, considering that the Turks and eventually the British "owned them" in a way, it made them be very discreet in every which way of their lives. They also were required to help the Turks in fighting battles against the British, therefore, they were stripped of their dignity  and were much like "puppets" in a sense that whatever anybody except them was said, goes.

"Qatar/History." Www.looklex.com. 1 June 2009 http://www.looklex.com/e.o/qatar.history.html